Toy vehicle.



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TOY VEHICLE.

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT Fries.

MANFRED U. LOREE, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO.

TOY VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,506, dated December11, 1900. Application filed September 22, 1900. Serial No. 30,741l (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MANFRED U. LoREE, a citizen of the United States,residingin the county of Montgomery, in the State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvelnen ts in Toy Vehicles; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the let-ters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys; and it consists of alocomotive or toy vehicle having the structural features here'- inafterdescribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy of the above type whichis driven by friction from a momentum or fly wheel and in which theaccumulationof dust between the axle of the momentum-wheel and theperipheries of the running wheels, which interferes with a properengagement between the axle of the momentum-wheel and the peripheries ofthe running wheels, is prevented.

I am aware that heretofore toys of this class have been constructed inwhich the power is transmitted to the outer peripheries of the runningwheels; but more or less trouble has been experienced with this mannerof transmitting the power to the running wheels owing to the outerperipheries of the running wheels wearing smooth, which is due to theircontact with the oor or other surfaces over which the vehicle is run.This wearing smooth of the rim or outer peripheries of the runningwheels causes the shaft of the momentum-wheel to slip more or less onthe peripheries of the running wheels, and thereby fail to frictionallyengage said peripheries at all times. It is therefore the object of thepresent invention to avoid this difficulty, which is done bytransmitting the power from the shaft of the momentumwheel to the innerperipheries of the running wheels, where the Contact is protected fromdust or other accumulations which interfere with a proper engagementbetween the partsnamely, the axle of the momentum-Wheel and the runningwheels-as will be hereinafter more fully described in the followingspecification.

In the drawings, Figure lis a plan view of my improved locomotive toy.Parts of the rear running wheels are broken away to show lthe engagementof the shaft of the momentum-wheel with the ianges of the runningwheels. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with a portion of one of the rearrunning wheels broken away to show the position of the shaft of themomentum-wheel. Figs. 3 and 4 are front and rear elevations of thelocomotive toy. Figs. -5 and 6 are enlarged detail views showing theball-bearings of the shaft ofthe momentum-wheel.

In the specification similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts. A

A designates the frame of the vehicle, which ymay be varied according torequirements. B is the front axle, which is mounted in the front end ofsaid frame. This axle is so mounted that it may be placed upon variousangles by means of a thumb-screw B', which binds the said axle and holdsit in desirable position, the guide-wheels A being loose on said axle.The said thumb-screw serves the function of the well-known fifthwheel invehicles, so that the toy may be so adjusted that it may be made to runin a circle or in a straight line.

O is the rear axle upon which the rear running wheels D D are looselymounted. These wheels D D are provided with flanges D D.

E designates a momentum or fly wheel which is mounted on axle E, whichis journaled in the frame A. The ends of said axle project into therunning wheels D D and are brought in frictional contact with the innersides of the flanges D D'. The axle E' is provided with ball-bearingsE", as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the said ball-bearings being located inthe sides of the frame A. The frame A, it will be observed from Fig. 2,has upwardlyextended slots F in opposite sides, into which the axle O ofthe rear wheels projects. The slots F have tapering sides F', which arenearer the axle E of the momentum-wheel.

In starting the toy the frame A is pressed downwardly upon by the hand,and the toy is rolled back and forth over the floor the desired numberof times to give the iy-wheel a IOO sufficient velocity or momentum,which is transmitted tothe Wheels D D. In this downward pressure of theframe the tapering sides F of the slots F press the axle C outwardly oraway from the axle E' of the momentumwheel. This causes the axle of themomentum-Wheel 1.0 grip the inner peripheries D' D of the running wheelsD D firmly, and a maximum amount of power is thus transmitted to saidrunning Wheels. It will be seen that there is a special part of thewheels -D D in which the axle of the momentnmwvheel engages, this partbeing the inner surface of the flanges D D, which are not subjected toan y other Wear.

Having described my invention, I claim In a toy vehicle, the combinationWith ai frame having upwardly-projected slots therein, the inner sidesof said slots being on :L backward taper, running Wheels the axle ofwhich projects into said slots, the said running wheels having flanges,a momentumwheel mounted in said frame, the axle of said momentum-wheelprojecting into the rnnningwheels in Contact with the in nersides of thefianges of said running wheels substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MANFRED U. LOREE.

Witnesses:

R. J. MCCARTY, C. THEoBALD.

